noun
Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic; ASSR
Historical term for a type of administrative division within the Soviet Union, subordinate to a union republic. Used in historical and political contexts.
ソビエト社会主義自治共和国は、ソ連邦を構成する自治共和国の一つだった。
An Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was one of the autonomous republics that made up the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union as a whole, whereas ソビエト社会主義自治共和国 refers to a specific type of autonomous republic within it.
A union-level Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR), higher in status than an autonomous republic (ASSR).
From Russian 'Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика' (ASSR), translated into Japanese using ソビエト (Soviet), 社会主義 (socialism), 自治 (autonomous), and 共和国 (republic).